Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.